Connexion à Active Directory

If you need to connect to a network running Active Directory, check the box "Enable Active Directory". This will change the greyed-out status of the rest of the screen, allowing you to configure the following:

Domain Name (DNS/Realm-Name): input the name of the Active Directory domain (e.g. example.com) or child domain (e.g. sales.example.com). This setting is mandatory.

Administrator Name: input the name of the Active Directory Administrator account.

Administrator Password: input and confirm the password for the Active Directory Administrator account.

The values that you input using this GUI are saved to /usr/local/etc/pc-activedirectory.conf.

Once you enable AD, you can no longer use auto login as users will now authenticate with the Active Directory server.

Connecting to an OpenLDAP Server

Figure 8.3b shows the configuration utility with the LDAP tab open.

If you need to connect to a network which contains a configured LDAP server, check the box "Enable LDAP". This will change the greyed-out status of the rest of the screen, allowing you to configure the following:

Figure 8.3a: Initial Active Directory & LDAP Screen

Hostname: input the hostname or IP address of the OpenLDAP server. This setting is mandatory.

Base DN: input the top level of the LDAP directory tree to be used when searching for resources (e.g. dc=test,dc=org).

Allow Anon Binding: only check this box if the LDAP server allows read and write access without requiring authentication.

Root bind DN: input the name of the administrative account on the LDAP server (e.g. cn=Manager,dc=test,dc=org).